New Center Signs (Freebie) and Center Organization!

Have you ever decided that things just weren’t looking right and you needed a face lift?! Not for you, silly! Your centers!!! That was me last week with my Reading and Math centers.

I didn’t like the way they were written on the board. It looked sloppy and the kids had difficult keeping track of it at times. So I created some new labels and bought some baskets.

The red stars next to the centers mean that center has a paper to be turned in. We’ve been using this system and the kids are doing SO much better at keeping track of where they should be. Not to mention this way looks a gazillion times cleaner and classier than my previous method. But hey, you live and you learn. :)

Here’s the how-to:

1. Print and cut out the labels.

(You can laminate them if you want.)

2. Write the name or category of centers you’ll be placing in the drawer or basket.

Comments

Very cute and thank you for the free labels! I have GOT to get a system going for them to keep track of what they need to turn in!!! Some of my kiddos would be fine just never turning a paper in so that's my next step- a chart or table so they can check themselves off and I have a quicker way of knowing who owes me work!! :O)

Great question, Twyla! Depending on the day, the kids do 1-2 centers. We have comp lab during Math on Tues. and during Reading time on Thurs. So we don't always have the full block of time to do two. Also, I set a timer and don't allow my kids to move on to the next center until the timer beeps (this is a MUST for some of mine that get off task). And after the timer beeps, the cards move to the left.

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